Practical training on your own boat, Karla is licensed to handle boats up to 72ft.

Offshore navigation

Phone Karla for course details & available booking dates.

*Practical is weather dependant for area of operation and vessels limitations.Please read our Refund policy regarding cancellations and postponement

Navigation Chart Plotting Course

One Day Offshore introduction to Navigation chart plotting course.

Including

Navigation planning

Understanding nautical charts and beacon to beacon mapping

Understanding latitude and longtitude

Understanding degrees and decimal minutes

Plan a boat trip using nautical charts, GPS and way points

Compass conversions

Calculating distance, speed and time

Fuel calculations

"IALA" Bouyage system (bouys, marks and beacons)

Tide calculations

Lines of position, bearing, range and fix

Set and Drift activities

Women on Water Programme

Offered by RIVIERA the internationally renowned luxury boat builders

Liaising biannually with RIVIERA, Nautical Training offers the WOMEN ON WATER PROGRAMME.

The Riviera Women on Water program aims to give women more confidence on the water by teaching valuable practical skills, such as ropes and knots, skipper and crew communications including departure preparations, berthing, anchoring and mooring, systems operations and safety management of ship and shore power, starting and stopping procedures and domestic onboard systems.

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Pictured below are trainees taking part in Riviera's "Skippers on Water" programme as part of the Riviera Festival for Riviera boat owners.
Instructor Karla is in the centre in the pink top.

Karla's profile
Karla gained the majority of her big boat experience through many Game Fishing Seasons with Riviera’s “Bob Jones Sports Fishing Australia” the famed Peter B Wright , Lee Marvin’s legendary Aussy Skipper “Brazzaka” (Denis Wallace) and many other Marlin Fishing Greats..... Karla has been conducting educational training sessions for Riviera and their team of experts since 2008 for educational courses such as “Women on Water" and "Skippers on Water” next year 2016 there will be several new sessions being introduced including Towing and Rescue handling, Radar Chart Plotting, Bar crossings and our popular Ladies and Mens Skipper Programs are continuing.

The testimonial from Gary Stafford below is in regard to a series of personalised advanced nautical training sessions we took with Gary in 2015.
Read a larger version of the testimonial below on the Testimonials page.

The 7th Annual Riviera and Belize Festival of Boating will be on again in March 2018 with the exact dates yet to be finalised.
Karla will once again be conducting her popular Riviera nautical training educational programmes all weekend and would like to invite all interested parties to attend one of her marine workshops.